The Brickyard 400 was a farce. I can’t believe someone can’t make a tire that’ll go more than 10 laps without blowing up.

Someone should be held accountable. An apology from NASCAR isn’t enough. Something needs to be done to make sure this doesn’t occur again. There’s just no excuse for this happening in a big-time sport like NASCAR with the resources it has available.

This isn’t the first time Goodyear has had this type of a problem, it was just the most visible. Remember Tony Stewart going off on Goodyear earlier this year? When you put all your eggs in one basket like NASCAR has, this is about what you can expect.

Perhaps NASCAR should have the backbone to say to Goodyear “One more time like this and you’re out.” There are other companies out there that make race tires: Hoosier, Firestone, Michelin, Mickey Thompson among others. Maybe if it was opened up to competition like it was many years ago this would be less likely to happen. I don’t know, but something needs to be done. NASCAR is already in a slide and this certainly doesn’t help.

There were a fair amount of empty seats at Indianapolis and I’ll bet there will be more next year. Sellouts are becoming the exception rather than the rule at many tracks. TV ratings are down. The Chase has produced little or no additional interest.

Who’s to blame? Don’t look anywhere except at the top of the NASCAR family tree. That’s where the big decisions come from and as of late, they’ve all been bad.